| Dungeonscape
Dungeonscape
Written by Jason Bulmahn and Rich Burlew
Published by Wizards of the Coast
www.wizards.com/dnd
160 full color pages
Hardcover
$29.95
When looking at this book, the only thing you need to judge is the following. If you enjoy this statement, the book is for you, if...  |
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29th September 2007 10:06 PM by JoeGKushner | |
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| High Psionics: Psionic Feats
Quite simply this supplement is pure bull’s-eye. What could possibly be the answer to “I’m bored with all the feats in the XPH, I have nothing left to take”? High Psionics: Psionic Feats, that’s what. A supplement containing over 60 new feats this book has it all. Want to run faster,...  |
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23rd September 2007 07:48 AM by Setryo | |
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| The Curse of the Witch Head
I bought a copy of Expeditious Retreat Press' Curse of the Witch Head at GenCon, and thought I'd share my thoughts in a quick review.
Major spoilers appear throughout below.
First, the stat block:
Title: The Curse of the Witch Head (XRP6103)
Line: Advanced Adventures #3 ...  |
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22nd September 2007 09:52 PM by grodog | |
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| Practice Makes Perfect
Spycraft 2.0 – Practice Makes Perfect
This product is an expansion of options for Spycraft Characters. It gives alternative combat options instead of new weapon proficiencies....
This review is after I have looked over the book and read it to see what I liked and didn’t like… (I do...  |
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20th September 2007 10:32 PM by Wystan | |
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| Saga of the Witch Queen
Saga of the Witch Queen by Harley Stroh with Jon Hershberger (Goodman Games Special 1e Gencon 2007 edition), 80 pages, perfect-bound softcover. This review contains spoilers.
NOTE: This is a review of the 1e product, not the 3e.
Quick Preamble: Jon Hershberger approached me just...  |
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18th September 2007 09:33 PM by Mythmere1 | |
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| Complete Champion
Title - Complete Champion
Publisher - Wotc
System - D&D 3.5
Format - Hardback
Pages - 160
MSRP - $29.95
Rating - 4 stars
Reviewer - Glenn Vincent Dammerung aka GVDammerung
In the 3.0 and 3.5 Editions of the D&D game, the World of Greyhawk setting has been supported in...  |
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18th September 2007 12:58 AM by GVDammerung | |
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| The Sinister Spire Title - The Sinister Spire
Publisher - Wotc
System - D&D 3.5
Format - Soft covered booklet
Pages - 64 pages
MSRP - $19.95
Rating - 2 Stars
Reviewer - Glenn Vincent Dammerung aka GVDammerung
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17th September 2007 08:52 PM by GVDammerung | |
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| Champions of Ruin
Title - Champions of Ruin
Publisher - Wotc
Format - Hardcover
Pages - 157
MSRP - $29.95
Rating - 3 Stars
Reviewer - Glenn Vincent Dammerung aka GVDammerung
In the interests of complete disclosure, I am not a huge fan of the Forgotten Realms. I own a bunch of Forgotten...  |
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17th September 2007 08:41 PM by GVDammerung | |
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| Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave
CORMYR: THE TEARING OF THE WEAVE
By Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, and James Wyatt
Wizards of the Coast product number 956857200
160-pages hardcover, $29.95
SPOILER WARNING: As is usually the case when I review an adventure, I'm going to mention...  |
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8th September 2007 10:50 PM by John Cooper | |
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| War of the Burning Sky #1 The Scouring of Gate Pass Overall, I really enjoyed running the adventure and it seemed as if my players had a lot of fun playing it. Overall, I really enjoyed running the adventure and it seemed as if my players had a lot of fun playing it. Bring on the Fire Forest! |
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4th September 2007 02:05 PM by amethal | |
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| Castle Zagyg - The East Mark Gazetteer
Title - Castle Zagyg - The East Mark Gazateer
Publisher - Troll Lord Games
System - Castles and Crusades
Format - Folio containing 2 booklets and 4 small poster maps
Pages - 72 pages plus 4 maps
MSRP - $20
Rating - 5 Stars
Reviewer - Glenn Vincent Dammerung aka GVDammerung...  |
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4th September 2007 03:47 AM by GVDammerung | |
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| The City Of Brass
Title - City of Brass
Publisher - Necromancer Games (2007) distributed by Sword & Sorcery Studios
Format - Boxed Set w/ 3 books and one map booklet
System - d20 (edit)
Pages - 450 approx., including maps
MSRP - $69.99
Rating - 5 stars
Reviewer - Glenn Vincent Dammerung...  |
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4th September 2007 01:07 AM by GVDammerung | |
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| Battlestar Galactica Corebook
Title: Battlestar Galactica Corebook
Publisher: Margaret Weiss Productions
Rules
BSG uses the Cortex Rules System, originally created by Jamie Chambers. It’s a fairly innovative system, which uses dice ranging from d2 to d12 in order to accomplish any action in the game. The...  |
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21st August 2007 11:15 PM by Xath | |
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| Citadel of Fire
Citadel of Fire
Written by Bob Bledsaw, Steve Edwards and Steve Stottrup
Published by Goodman Games/Judges Guild
www.goodman-games.com
128 b & w pages
$21.99
I’m a proud owner of several of the old Judges Guild products including such gems as Unknown Gods and the various...  |
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20th August 2007 05:22 AM by JoeGKushner | |
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| City of Peril
City of Peril
Written by Ed Stark
Maps by Jason Engle
$14.95
ISBN: 9780786943203
Published by Wizards of the Coast
www.wizards.com/dnd
One thing I can never get enough of, are maps. One thing I can get enough of, are villages. With that in mind, I was cautious when I picked up City...  |
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19th August 2007 09:28 PM by JoeGKushner | |
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| GameMastery Flip-Mat: Tavern
Steel-Sqwire released the first flip-mat a while ago and it was a hit. The original had hexes on one side and squares on the other. After that success among the D&D audience, they decided to experiment by having the hex side be a preprinted forest path with a square grid. Since then Paizo...  |
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14th August 2007 06:39 AM by Glyfair | |
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| The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh
Classic D&D adventure module review
The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, by Dave J. Browne with Don Turnbull – Advanced D&D, 1981
An adventure for character levels 1-3
32 pages plus the separate tri-fold cover with maps on the inside faces and the third panel of the outside face....  |
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8th August 2007 02:07 AM by Bullgrit | |
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| The 6th Seal
6th Seal
In most adventures it is all about the bad guy. The heroes have to defeat him and his goons. It is a rare adventure that moves away from that. It does not seem to matter the game or the genre. This is a short series of adventures and adventure ideas that all originate with...  |
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7th August 2007 05:22 PM by Crothian | |
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| None So Vile: Disciples of Darkness II - Soul Harvester
bought it at RPGNow.com in a bundel set with all 3 books for 9.00. it was on sale.
i can compair it to a HP lovecraft monster or something sorta of near the same. i use it for a D&D 3.5 undead quest as a DM and hopefuly as a player. i hope other books like this are made and i hope they...  |
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6th August 2007 05:54 AM by chegeta | |
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| Albenistan: Election Day
Albenistan Election Day
Sometimes just seeing what is going on in the world and some recent history is all one needs to come up with a good modern day adventure. I always felt realistic modern day adventures were some of the toughest things to come up with. It seems a lot of modern...  |
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30th July 2007 09:45 PM by Crothian | |
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| Behind the Monsters: Owlbear
It is always nice to see ideas and a series of books expanded on. There is the Behind the Spells series of PDF and now that has led us to this Behind the Monsters series. With three dozen Behind the Spells books out it is obvious Bret Boyd the author and creator if this line of products...  |
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30th July 2007 07:53 PM by Crothian | |
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| B2 - The Keep on the Borderlands
Classic D&D adventure module review
The Keep on the Borderland, by Gary Gygax – Basic D&D, 1981
Introductory module for character levels 1-3
28 pages plus the separate cover with maps on the inside faces. The adventure has 64 numbered areas.
This module originally...  |
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30th July 2007 03:16 PM by Bullgrit | |
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| T1 - The Village of Hommlet
Classic D&D adventure module review
The Village of Hommlet, by Gary Gygax – Advanced D&D, 1979, 1981
Introductory to novice level
24 pages plus the separate cover with maps on the inside faces. (3 blank pages backing maps.) The adventure has 35 numbered areas.
The first...  |
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30th July 2007 03:14 PM by Bullgrit | |
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| Magic Item Compendium
MAGIC ITEM COMPENDIUM
By Andy Collins, Eytan Bernstein, Frank Brunner, Owen K.C. Stephens, and John Snead
Wizards of the Coast product number 107627200
288-page hardcover, $34.95
What the Spell Compendium (which I do not have, and have not read) does for spells, Magic Item...  |
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28th July 2007 05:34 PM by John Cooper | |
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| Hellstone Deep
I am reposting this under my catsclaw227 user name rather than my old "cats_claw" user name. Mods please delete the "cats_claw" version rather than this one, since catsclaw227 is my active account.. (Idea taken from Treebore... :) )
Warning – this review contains spoilers....  |
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28th July 2007 04:39 AM by catsclaw227 | |
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| Players Guide to the Wilderlands
I am reposting this under my Treebore user name rather than my old "grimaryl" user name. Mods please delete the "grimaryl" version rather than this one, since Treebore is my active account..
This $23.95 softbound book of 128 pages (including OGL page) is a new (old) world...  |
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27th July 2007 11:54 PM by Treebore | |
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| Bonegarden
This is a transfer of my review from "grimaryl" to my main user name of Treebore. Plus I changed my rating from 4 out of 5 to a 3 out of 5. The problems with this book definitely warrant an average rating despite the ideas and content being superior.
Bone Garden Review Notes
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27th July 2007 11:51 PM by Treebore | |
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| Expedition to Undermountain
I was looking forward to the release of this dungeon since 3.0 first came out. I had run my sons through the original boxed set about 10 years ago, and they still remember that as the best gaming ever. At this point, I have only prepped the first adventure, not run any of them. I will...  |
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27th July 2007 08:57 PM by dimonic | |
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| Legends of Excalibur: Arthurian Adventures (True20)
Legends of Excaliber is an 84 page Arthurian Legends adventure for the True20 system and done by RPG Objects. This is a review of the PDF product. RPGnow price of $9.95.
This adventure starts out with an interesting treatise on the various traditions of Arthurian Legend. Not sure why this...  |
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27th July 2007 01:09 AM by Treebore | |
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| B1 In Search of the Unknown
B1, In Search of the Unknown, was originally boxed with the Holmes Basic Set in a monochrome cover art edition. The author is Mike Carr. The copy I'm reviewing is a later printing with a color front page; the original cover is now the frontispiece.
It's a 32 page module, designed as...  |
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24th July 2007 07:31 PM by Mythmere1 | |
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